Sorry I've been so absent! It was difficult to find time to blog during the holidays...I'm so busy in preparation, and then after Christmas I was just exhausted.
But enough excuses! Here are some random moments from my December....
The week before Christmas began with my favorite annual Christmas concert. A friend at work is in his church's handbell choir and they do a service every year that is nothing but congregational carol singing and handbell pieces. It's gorgeous, and I adore singing carols...no wonder it's my favorite.
Then it was all about trying to get the cookies done in time to give away. In other words, turning these raw ingredients...
The Wednesday before Christmas Michael and I sang in a Festival of Lessons and Carols. It was a wonderful, worshipful evening, even though my body was trying very hard to get sick!
You may be wondering about this random squirrel picture...
On Christmas Eve, we went to lunch at my sister's house where we got to hang out with my nephew. He got surprise leave (at Christmas!) from his service on the USS Eisenhower (where he flies a jet). It was fantastic to see him (and the awesome in-cockpit videos he took of his takeoffs and landings)! After lunch, we headed over to Michael's parents' house for Settlers of Catan and general festivities. He was put in charge of pancakes for dinner...
The next day was Christmas! After a gorgeous church service, we went to my parents' house for presents and feasting. Look at the beautiful package my sister gave me! I almost didn't want to open it...almost. =)
I brought some Christmas crackers for us to pull before dinner, and they went over even better than I'd expected.
The rest of the week we pretty well hermitted. I did go out on Boxing Day, thanks to my sister and niece who wanted to go to the sale at Anthropologie (and thanks to my in-laws, I had a nice gift certificate to spend). It was so fun to shop and have lunch with them! The next day I had lunch (and did a bit more shopping) with DF Jean.
I'll leave you with a bacon angel Michael made me for breakfast. I love it when he cooks; his food is always so much prettier than mine!
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10 comments:
Lots of lovely fun. I'm glad I'm not the only one who took a picture of the food. Of course that was all besides the presents that I took. Only me and hubs for Christmas. That angel took me a moment to figure out but it's very cute.
OMG, a bacon angel! How very awesome is this! :D :D :D Actually all of the pictures were aweome, it was an apic hoiday indeed :D
Looks like a great holiday. Love all the pics.
Happy 2013
What a great time you had this season! I love asparagus so your dinner looks fantastic.
Christmas crackers are too much fun! I just wish they were easier to find here in Oklahoma. We have always had to mail-order them if we want some.
Looks like a wonderful christmas. The handbell concert sounds lovely. We have a candlelit carol service at my church which is wonderful.
Sounds like a delightful Christmas. Being with family and close friends is the best. Great photos.
You have been busy! Looks like a great Christmas :)
looks like you had a absolutely wonderful holiday season. The cookies look amazing.
WOW! That pancake shot is amazing. Hehehe.
The cookies look DELISH. I'm not big on sweets in general but homemade cookies? Forget it. I WANTS THEM ALL.
Sounds like you've had a phenomenal couple weeks. Good for you!!!!
Having to come to Atlanta for work right before Christmas was not high on my list of things to do, however getting to go to the concert on Sunday to hear the bells and then to the concert you and Michael were in was fab!!! I'm thinking of trying to figure out how to have another work trip around the 2013 versions. Hey you forgot the lemon soup at the diner.
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